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Kamiko wrote: "These are really good resources!"Yay! I'm glad. :)
https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/lau...Great writing tips on this page. :) also you should check out Stephen King's On Writing. It has amazing advice even if you don't like him or horror.
http://fantasynamegenerators.com/
I found this name generator website and I love it! It gives you lots of good names for cities, charcters, species, e.t.c. It gives you both realistic and fantasy names!
I found this name generator website and I love it! It gives you lots of good names for cities, charcters, species, e.t.c. It gives you both realistic and fantasy names!
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I found this name generator website and I love it! It gives you lots of good names for cities, charcters, species, e.t.c. It gives you both realistic and fantasy ..."
I go there a lot for my characters and their places.
I found this name generator website and I love it! It gives you lots of good names for cities, charcters, species, e.t.c. It gives you both realistic and fantasy ..."
I go there a lot for my characters and their places.
General Websites on Writing
http://thewritingcafe.tumblr.com/
http://keyboardsmashwriters.tumblr.co...
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/
http://writeworld.tumblr.com/
http://thewritingcafe.tumblr.com/
http://www.writersdigest.com/
Planning Your Story
The Snowflake Method: http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com...
Outlining Spreadsheet Template based on The Snowflake Method: http://www.truckpoetry.net/2007/09/au...
Hate Outlines? This one's for you!: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-e...
Your Novel Blueprint: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-e...
25 Ways To Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story (warning for language): http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/...
Write From the Middle (available on Amazon, highly recommended for any writer, whether you like to outline or not): http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Nove...
And of course, George R.R. Martin's quote on the Two Types of Writers:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7493...
Drafting Your Story
Letting Your First Draft Suck (warning for language): http://writerunboxed.com/2013/01/10/9...
Writing the First Draft or "The Ugly Duckling": https://www.autocrit.com/editing/libr...
Surviving First Draft Blues: http://www.novel-writing-help.com/fir...
An author tells about writing the first draft of a novel for the first time: http://www.jamierubin.net/2013/09/14/...
Programs to Help You Get Your Work Done
http://www.ommwriter.com/ (Nice ambiance to calm your brain down while you write. I used this program for a long while until I switched to Zenwriter, and then my computer hard drive was wiped and I no longer have either. Still trying to decide whether or not to download it again. Does not allow you to save your work as a .doc file, but now exports to .txt and .pdf.)
http://ilys.com/ (Tell the processor your wordcount goal, and it won't let you edit until you've reached it. You're only able to see what you type one letter or punctuation mark at a time.)
http://writtenkitten.net/ (Positive reinforcement website. Reach your word count goal, receive kitten!)
http://writeordie.com/ (At the simplest "try" level that is free, which consists of the two sliders at the very bottom, put in your word count and time limit. You have three modes: stimulus, reward, and consequence. I tried it on consequence mode and was able to reach my goal on the first try.)
As an aside, Scrivener (http://www.literatureandlatte.com/ind...) is actually a program that's for the entire novel writing process, but does have a full-screen mode and an option to black out your entire screen save for your text. I have not purchased this yet and am waiting for my free trial to expire, but I'm pretty sure I will buy this program because it has been very helpful so far.
Cold Turkey (http://getcoldturkey.com/) is a pay-what-you-want program (you choose what percentage of payments to go charity) that will block certain websites and programs for a set amount of time. This program is very hard to disable once it's running and basically forces you to focus. Very useful when combined with Write or Die.
Simply Noise: http://www.simplynoise.com/ (exactly what it says it is. This site plays white noise to help you focus!)
Simply Rain: http://rain.simplynoise.com/ (a companion site to Simply Noise, this site plays soothing rain sounds for peaceful concentration)
Editing Your Story
General Writing Resources form Purdue OWL (includes grammar, puntuation, mechanics, ect.): https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/se...
Grammar Girl: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/gram...
Tips for Self-Editing: http://writetodone.com/eight-simple-t...
25 Steps to Editing the Unmerciful Suck Out of Your Story (PG-13 language): http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/...
How to self-edit your novel: http://www.selfpublishingadvice.org/w...
Advice For Self-Editing Your Novel:
http://www.stevenjcarroll.com/authors...
Six Easy Tips for Self-Editing Your Fiction: http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2...
Pacing Your Story: http://www.writersdigest.com/tip-of-t...
Self-Editing Programs
AutoCrit: https://www.autocrit.com/index.php
ProWritingAid http://prowritingaid.com/
Note: ProWritingAid was the more impressive choice for me because it has most of the paid features of AutoCrit available for free, as well as more affordable premium memberships. However, I thought I would list both so people can check them out.
That's it for now! Anyone else? :D